LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Grace Hill
Donaghadee, Co. Down.—At 11.44 on the morning of the 29th of December, 1953, the Bangor coastguard tele- phoned that a vessel had run on the rocks at Mew Island. At 11.55 the life-boat Sir Samuel Kelly put to sea.
There was...
The German Sailing Ship Adolf Vinne
LAST February was one of the stormiest Februaries on record. During the month there were over fifty launches on service, and nearly forty lives were saved. The two services, however, which most deserve to be recorded are two, both by Motor...
Index to the Gift Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
INDEX TO THE GIFT LIFE-BOATS OF THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. (The figures refer to ttie numbers of the Lifeboats detailed on the ten preceding Pages.) A. B. S., 123. Dodd, H..Esq . the late, 274. H...
Category: Donations
The Gale of October 15-16th Last
At a recent meeting of the Royal Meteorological Society, a paper was read by Mr. 0. HARDING, P. E. Met. Soc., on "The Gale of October 15-16th, 1886, over the British Islands," in which he remarked that the storm was of very...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (88)
AUGUST 1 3TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
A Hurricane aeroplane had come down some fifteen miles east of Orfordness, but the life-boat was recalled a few minutes after launching. - Rewards, £11 4s..
The Annual Meetings
The RNLI's Annual Meetings for 1995, held on 18 May, took place at a new venue in London - the Barbican Centre in the City.
The move from the South Bank Centre was a break with the tradition of the past few years and...
Category: Meetings
The S.S. Urlana and Thurland Castle (1)
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT BARRA ISLAND SEPTEMBER 5TH. - BARRA ISLAND, AND STORNOWAY, HEBRIDES.
At 7 o’clock in the morning a message came from the coastguard that a vessel was ashore on Idrigill Point on the Isle of Skye, 40...
Scene Off Torquay on 7Th December, 1959,
Scene off Torquay on 7th December, 1959, when bad weather compelled a tug to keep three barges under tow in order to hold them off the lee shore.
Two of the barges appear close together—the third one, far right, which was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
RACE TO THE RESCUE
After a fishing boat capsized in seconds just outside Rosslare Harbour, Co Wexford, two volunteer crew members had to improvise if they were to respond in time …
Coxswain Eamonn O’Rourke...
Category: Articles
The Fishwives of Cullercoats
THE fishwives of Cullercoats have beaten their previous record by col- lecting £203 11s. lOd. at the quarterly road exercise and launch of the life- boat. Their previous highest total was £199 in 1931. This was their thirteenth...
Category: Articles